Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] from [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as the coastal cities were subjected throughout the centuries to incursions from the interior by the forces of whichever power held sway beyond the mountains — Byzantines , Hungarians , Serbs and Turks — so the tranquillity of the Mediterranean climate is brutally violated from time to time by the icy blasts of the bura . |
| 2 | An all too common kind of crisis for community and primary care teams is that a vulnerable patient is suddenly discharged from hospital on a Friday afternoon without any formal referral or plan for aftercare . |
| 3 | Equally , one should perhaps guard against the maxim that a conductor who is not also a creative writer is somehow debarred from access to the grail of ultimate musical understanding . |
| 4 | It is thus precipitated from milk by any weak acid , in the nursery notably by rhubarb juice , in industry usually by weak hydrochloric acid . |
| 5 | The existence of a bibliography and index in a book may be ascertained from its entry in the national bibliography , but the quality of these items is best judged from examination of the book itself . |
| 6 | It is usually protected from damage by being run inside a drain pipe , and rises slightly to avoid air bubbles . |
| 7 | As a label , Gramola is still revived from time to time for releases that are primarily designed for the local market . |
| 8 | Over the next 3 years the maturing Balsamic vinegar is carefully transferred from Mulberry to Chestnut to Juniper wood barrels . |
| 9 | The Repeater Hand Gun is also used from horseback by gallant Imperial Engineers who find it a devastating if temperamental device . |
| 10 | The 1931 treaty is automatically prolonged from year to year and each party has the right to terminate it after six months ' notification . |
| 11 | Dolomite is often distinguished from calcite by its failure to stain with solutions which react with calcite ( see below ) . |
| 12 | And it is surely dying from cancer with dignity which requires bravery . |
| 13 | The multiplier is then scanned from right to left , and each multiplier bit is examined in turn . |
| 14 | Attention to detail , like holding one 's briefcase in the left hand so that the right can be used for the handshake , removes the possibility of an awkward moment when a briefcase is clumsily transferred from right to left as the buyer extends his hand in greeting . |
| 15 | The resumption of any form of whaling would prove an embarrassment to the Norwegian fisheries minister , Oddrunn Pettersen , who is currently lurching from crisis to crisis . |
| 16 | And if that were not enough , the paper 's critic went on : ‘ His performance is continually kept from affectation by underlying cockney savagery ; he releases in us all the longing to put out tongues , chalk on walls and pull faces behind the back of authority . ’ |